The Chicest Deodorant Ever (Because Your 'Pits Deserve an Upgrade)

If you're looking to make your armpits a little more glamorous, this deodorant will do it. And you have monks to thank for it.

Le Couvent des Minimes, a brand based on the ingredients cultivated first by monks and later by nuns at a convent that's now a hotel and spa in the South of France, makes a rather fabulous deodorant. It's called Eau des Minimes Everyday Deodorant With Alum Stone which sounds pretty lovely, doesn't it? It is. In fact, it's so lovely, I had to photograph it on an Hermes scarf.

Free of parabens, and colorants, it's packed with rosemary and citrus extracts that keep you smelling fresh as well as natural alum stone, an ingredient that's in many alternative, natural deodorants (although there's some debate about whether the ingredient is safer than other forms of aluminum in big commercial brands). Will it keep you as dry as the clinical-strength stuff you might have in your medicine cabinets? No. But it'll leave them feeling smoother, more pampered and smelling much better on a hot day than if you were to go totally sans-deo. You might even be inspired to store it on a designer scarf.